This molding will hold the floor in place and also cover the gap.
Can you install laminate in a large room.
Laminate flooring is available in a dizzying array of patterns from wood to parquet to tile.
Finally measure and cut the quarter round molding along the base of the wall.
If all your furniture is in another room you can leave it there while you finish the laminate installation.
Found this install instruction for laminate and it does mention adding an expansion joint for larger rooms.
Max room size before expansion is 33 for the panel length and 26 for the panel width.
Finish installing the laminate using the two row method until the entire room is finished.
This gives me a point to measure from.
If you re diy installing your laminate floor across a very long space there are some special issues to handle things that don t come up with a standard ins.
Transition strips for laminate flooring connect to metal tracks that you screw directly to the subfloor.
What i like to do is to add rows to the living room floor so i can project the laminate down the hallway.
There needs to be a gap of 1 1 8 inches between the two halves of the transition to.
You can mix and match the laminate as long as it s all made by the same manufacturer.